Enhancing our global community, one sponsorship at a time

List of sponsorships

Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Official Partner and the Official Airline

Upcoming events sponsored by Qatar Airways will include the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the FIFA Club World Cup, the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the FIFA eWorld Cup, the world’s largest online gaming tournament.

Formula E

Race Title Partner of the Paris and New York City E-Prix

Official Airline Partner of the Rome and Berlin E-Prix

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship is the FIA electric street racing series and the world’s first fully-electric international single-seater category in motorsport. Formula E brings electrifying wheel-to-wheel action to the world’s leading cities, racing against the backdrop iconic skylines.

Qatar Tennis Federation Tournaments: Men's Open and Ladies Open

Official Airline Partner and Retail Sponsor

Qatar Airways is a proud sponsor of the men’s Qatar ExxonMobil Open and the women’s Qatar Total Open. Both tournaments attract many of the world's top tennis players, who compete for the championship trophy.

CHI AL SHAQAB

Official Airline Partner

CHI AL SHAQAB is the first equestrian competition of its kind in the Middle East and Asia to be sanctioned by the FEI (Fédération Equestre Internationale or International Equestrian Federation) and one of only four CHI equestrian events in the world.

Sydney Swans

Official International Airline Partner

The sponsorship marks first foray into the Australian Football League (AFL) for Qatar Airways.

Qatar Squash Federation: Qatar Squash Championships

Qatar Classic Squash Championship features a number of the world’s top squash players, competing for the coveted championship prize, as well as World Series Standings points.

Qatar years of culture

Official Airline Partner

Every year, Qatar Museums run a cultural exchange programme that aims to convey Qatar to an international audience. Through a variety of exhibitions, festivals, competitions and events, their programmes promote mutual understanding, recognition and appreciation between countries. They invite people to explore their cultural similarities, as well as their differences.

2018 is the Qatar-Russia year, 2019 is Qatar-India year, 2020 is Qatar-France year and 2021 is Qatar-USA year.

KidZania Kuwait/KidZania Singapore

Official Airline Partner

KidZania is an educational-entertainment concept for children, originating from Mexico and currently operating in eight parks worldwide. KidZania allows children to role-play activities such as an airline pilot/attendant/passenger, doctor, banker, policeman etc. in a realistically themed environment authentically programmed to mimic real-life.

KidzMondo Doha

Official Airline Partner

Through the Qatar Airways Aviation Academy within KidzMondo, children have an opportunity to enact their dream roles as pilots and cabin crew, and get an understanding of the functioning of the world-class airline within a specially adapted real aircraft model. Children can explore the plane, examine its different parts, and become familiar with the daily tasks required of Qatar Airways pilots and crew as they lead the global air space.

Sponsorship criteria

Tangible impact on the communitySocially responsible events focused on the local community

Submit a proposal

Submit your sponsorship proposal at least 12 weeks prior to the proposed event or activity in order to provide us with adequate time to evaluate your proposal, negotiate agreements, and plan our participation.

Evaluation process and timelines

.On receipt of a sponsorship proposal, we will review the sponsorship proposal following the below process:

We shall review the sponsorship proposal to check if it is compliant with our sponsorship criteria;

If the proposal conforms with our requirements it will be submitted to other internal stakeholders;

After careful review and evaluation of the proposal, a decision will be made and the requesting company will be informed accordingly;

If any additional information is required, we shall contact the requesting company;

The requesting company will be contacted within four to six weeks of submitting the proposal, only if the sponsorship proposal is approved.

Due to the high level of interest in Qatar Airways sponsorships, we can only support a limited number of requests. As a result, we sometimes decline opportunities even if they fit our sponsorship guidelines.

Qatar Airways will not consider association with, or sponsorship of, activities related to politics, religious affairs, extreme sports (i.e. wrestling and boxing), unfair competition, explicit content or images, negative behaviour, or any event or activity taking place less than 12 weeks from the time the proposal is submitted.

Community relations

Environmental and social responsibility is a major focus for Qatar Airways sponsorships.